CDC - Adolescent and School Health

CDC - Adolescent and School Health

CDC promotes the health and well-being of children and adolescents to enable them to become healthy and productive adults. 

School Health

Coordinated School Health A systematic approach to improving students’ health and well-being so they can participate and succeed in school…
Health & Academics The academic success of America's youth is strongly linked with their health...

School Health Surveillance Data from School Health Profiles and the School Health Policies and Practices 

Tools & Training

• National Resource Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention among Adolescents
• School Health Index: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide (SHI)
• Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)
• Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT)
• Evaluation Tutorials

More

More

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance

• Trends in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
• Youth Online - Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
•  

  Health Topics

  • Alcohol & Other Drugs
  • Asthma
  • Health Disparities
  • Injury & Violence

  • Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity
  • Sexual Risk Behavior: HIV, STD, & Teen Pregnancy Prevention
  • Tobacco Use

  More

  
  

  Program Success Stories

  Massachusetts' Mini-grants: Empowering Students to Inspire Peers to Stop Smoking  [pdf 40K]
  New York City: Bringing HIV Prevention Education into the Spotlight  [pdf 40K]
  

  Tennessee: Blazing the Trail Toward Statewide Coordinated School Health  [pdf 40K]

  More